Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8395, Daniel Edwards, Conn. Privateer

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
born, Privateer
Edwards Daniel
S 8395
CONTENTS
Cardel

10225 1. New York
1887 Jan'y with
21 O. D. Edwards History Pr.
Daniel Edwards Tompkins in the State of New York who was a Seaman in the Conn comm d Captain Parker of the Conn comm d by _____ in the * Connecticut line for 1 Year and 8 Months
★ Conn. Privateer Records completed. Oct. 4/84
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 — Dollars — Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of May 1833. and sent to Woodstock Mrs. Maria Tompkins. Co. N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 — $160.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 24 Sep. 1833 — 40.00 $200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by George Taylor Clerk. Book E. Vol. 4. Page 18

In the Matter of Daniel Edwards
Pension Application
23380

Reported to have died in Ithaca NY in 1845
State of New York
Dompkins County ss: On the 30th day of January one thousand eight hundred & thirty three personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas held at the Court House in the Village of Ithaca in & for the County of Dompkins Daniel Edwards a resident of the town of Ithaca in said County aged sixty seven years, who being first duly sworn, maketh oath according to law & doth upon his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832, that he was born on the first day of June seventeen hundred & sixty six in the town of Norwich in the State of Connecticut, that in the month of May in the year 1776 he went on board of a merchant vessel, a Schooner Betsey as a cabin boy. The Schooner was Commanded by Captain William Watts - Sailed from New London on a trading voyage to Guadaloupe. In the return of the Schooner she was taken by a British Man of War The name of the vessel was called the ship Renown The Captain's name he does not recollect. He, with other prisoners, was taken to Bermuda & put on board a prison ship & kept nine months, & was sent in March 1777 to Newport, Rhode Island & from Newport this Deponent returned to his father in Norwich the last of March 1777. A few days after he returned home Captain Watts under whom he had been as a cabin boy recom- ded him to Captain Parker (Christian name does not recollect) who Commanded the River Bromwell, a United States vessel carrying twenty four Guns. This Deponent with the consent of his father enlisted under Captain Parker to go on board the River Bromwell for eight months. This was about the first of April 1777. & immediately went on board at New London. This is the first Lieutenant's name was Riser. One of the prize Master's name was Nathaniel Stanton. The vessel sailed some time in April (the day

he does not recollect) on a Cruise, & went to the West Indies. Some time in the Month of June, the Oliver Cromwell had an engagement with a British Frigate. The name he does not recollect. The battle lasted some hours, when the Frigate made off. There were several killed on board the Oliver Cromwell, & several wounded. This deponent received a musket ball in his knee & broke his knee pan, which produced a lameness that has continued ever since. The Oliver Cromwell after the battle went into a port called St. Kitts & was repaired. She remained there about two weeks, then sailed on a Cruise & continued on the West India station until about the first of December. The vessel went again to St. Kitts, & this deponent's time of service having expired, having sailed eight months, he again enlisted to go on board the same vessel for twelve months. The same officers, Captain Parkin, & Lieut. Prime, & Prize Master Stanton. The other officers & their names he does not recollect. The Oliver Cromwell continued on the West India station until in the Spring of 1778, when she went a cruising on the coast of France. Some time in the summer they were on the coast of Wales. He cannot recollect how long they cruised on the coast of Wales. From there they returned on to the West India station & from there to New London. This deponent served on board the Oliver Cromwell until the latter part of December 1778, when the Cromwell returned to New London. This deponent having served out his last enlistment of twelve months & more having been on board the Oliver Cromwell in the two enlistments twenty months. This deponent went to his father's in Norwich where he arrived after New Years in 1779. This deponent further states that on the return of the Oliver Cromwell she had an engagement with a British Frigate. This was in December of 1778. Did not take the vessel. She escaped after several shots. This deponent further saith that in the Spring of 1779, he believes about the first of April, this deponent enlisted on board of the privateer Randolph, a large sloop of 18

Guns, commanded by Captain Fosdick. He does not recollect the names of the other officers. Went into this service & was to have a share, in proportion of all prize money. They sailed from New London in April 1779. & cruised on the American Coast, was out about three months, came into New London in July. During this cruise they took three vessels, a Brig, a sloop & a Schooner, sent them all to New London. The Brig was taken off New York loaded with Clothing & Sugar. The Sloop was loaded with Liquors & Sugar. The Schooner was loaded with Molasses. This deponent returned to his father's in August 1779. & after that during the remainder of the revolutionary war was on board of Merchant vessels.
This deponent saith he has no documentary evidence of his service as above set forth. he never received any written discharge & he knows of no person now living whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service. And this deponent further saith that he relinquished every claim whatever to any pension or annuity except the present & declares his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state, and further saith not.
Subscribed & sworn this 30th day of January in open court—
Daniel Edwards
Daniel. Love clerk

The following questions were propounded by the Court to the applicant.
1. Where and in what year were you born? In Norwich Conn. 1776
Answer.
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so where is it?
Answer. Has no record been had any
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war; and where do you now live?
Answer. Old Hasack Ct. Norwich Conn. Moved from there after the war to Plainfield Conn. Moved from there to Windham Conn. Moved back again to Plainfield. Moved from there to Norwich. Moved from there to his present residence 16 years ago.
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute; and if a substitute, for whom?
Answer. Volunteered twice as a sailor on Board the Oliver Cromwell
5. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served; such continental and militia regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service.
Answer. Capt Parker of the Oliver Cromwell. 1st Lieutenant Prince. Prize Master Stanton. cruised first on the American coast - then in the West Indies - from thence Europe on the coast of Wales - then back again to the West Indies - from thence home again.
6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
Answer. Never received any written discharge
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
Answer. John King. Eliakin Dean Henry Ackley. James B. King.
WE, Eliakin Dean residing in the town of Thaca and county of Tompkins and State of New York, and James King residing in the same place, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Daniel Edwards who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, and that we believe him to be sixty seven years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, }
S. Love clk
Eliakin Dean James B. King
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states, and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Eliakin Dean and James B. King who has signed the preceding certificate are residents in the town of Thaca and county of Tompkins and are creditable persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit.
I Samuel Love Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Tompkins , do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Daniel Edwards for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this
30th day of January 1833.
Samuel Love clk

In the matter of Daniel Edwards

I Herota P. Barnes a clergyman residing in the town of Ithaca in the County of Tompkins & State of New York hereby certify that I have made enquiries in relation to Daniel Edwards who has sworn to the annexed declaration, that from information which I have received from sources upon which I can place reliance I believe the said Daniel Edwards to be sixty seven years of age, & that he is reputed to be so in the neighborhood where he resides to have been in the naval service of the United States during the revolution & that from the information aforesaid I concur in that opinion
Subscribed and sworn before me this 22. day of February
1833.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Ithaca the day & year aforesaid.
Sam. L. Jones
Clerk of Tompkins county

I Herota P. Barnes a clergyman residing in the town of Ithaca in the County of Tompkins & State of New York hereby certify that I have made enquiries in relation to Daniel Edwards who has sworn to the annexed declaration, that from information which I have received from sources upon which I can place reliance I believe the said Daniel Edwards to be sixty seven years of age, & that he is reputed to be a Quaker in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been in the naval service of the United States during the revolution & that from the information aforesaid I concur in that opinion
Subscribed and sworn before
Herota P. Barnes
this 22. day of February
1833.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Ithaca the day & year aforesaid.
Samuel Jones
clerk of Tompkins county

2336
Daniel Edwards
New York
MC
Woodcock & Ferris Ithaca, Tomkins Co New York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Daniel Edwards Town of Ithaca County of Tompkins State of New York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Started 1777 ~ 8 Seaman Shepherd on Board the Ship Oliver Cromwell Capt Parker. 67 Years Norwich County Connecticut Traditionary Evidence   In 1777 1 do Same Vessel Capt Parker Clergyman of Utica   In 1779 4 do Pirate Randolph Capt Forster Can procure no Living Witness  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. (This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.)]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____, who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
 6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deponeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Mary Riley
INVALID. WIDOW, etc.
File No. 8395
Daniel Edward Seaman
★ Rev War
Act June 7, 1832
Index: Vol. 4 , Page 18
[Arrangement of 1870.]
★ Conn. Privateer. Records completed. Oct. 4, 1904.

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Ithaca N.Y. Jan 10 1887 Secretary of the Navy:
I beg to ask if you will be so kind as to give me the dates of my grandfather's enrollment and discharge, and where he was living when taken into the navy. Also, if not too much trouble and available, a description of his person. I do not know whether he was in the war of '76 or 1812. Following are a few printed particulars which may be of use.
Yours very respectfully, C. D. Edwards.
Name..... DANIEL EDWARDS Born..... 1760 1766 Bedford Occupation. He was a sailor in early life, probably a marine. statement mariner Pension. He was a pensioner when Death. He died in the town of ITHACA, N.Y. 1845.
It is believed that he was enrolled in Connecticut or some other Eastern state.
(Over)

  268  NAVY DEPT, SECRETARY'S OFFICE.  1887    D  REC'D JAN 15   
Ithaca, N.Y. Jany 10, 1887. Edwards, A.D.
SUBJECT:
Record.
Requests dates of his grandfather Paul Edwards enrollment and discharge; place of enlistment and de- scription of person. War 1776 or 1812.
Enclosures
1st Endorsement. Navy Dep't Jany 17 1887 Respectfully referred to the Hon. Commissioner of Pensions. By direction of the Secretary. John D. Long Chief Clerk

Daniel Edwards
In Jany 1833 of Ithaca Tompkins Co N Y born at Norwich Conn June 1. 1766 In May 1776 he went on board the Sch, Betsey a Merchant Vessel a Cabin boy - Capt W m Wallis, which sailed from New London on a trading voyage to Guadaloupe - On their return voyage the Schooner was captured by a British man of war Renown She with others was to Bermuda where confined in a Prison Ship 9 mo's when sent in March 1777 to Newport R.I. from whence he returned to his father the last of March 1777 - A few days after his return or about April 1. 1777 Capt Wallis having recommended him to Capt Parker of the Oliver Cromwell H is Queen, he enlisted with consent of his parents for 8 months at New London & Sailed in that month on a cruise to the West Indies In June the Oliver Cromwell had an engagement with a British Frigate which after one hour made off - There were several killed & wounded, among the latter was Edwards who rec d a musket ball in the knee breaking his knee pan producing a lameness which has continued ever since After the battle the Oliver Cromwell went into the port of St Kitts for repair & remained 2 weeks before the vessel resumed her cruise in the W. Indies & returned to St Kitts When his term of enlistment expired & he re-enlisted for 12 mo's on the same vessel with officer The Oliver Cromwell continued in the W. Indies until Spring 1778 then sailed for the Coast of France for the summer on the Coast of Wales from there to the West Indies & then to New London &

arriving at his father's house a few days after New year in 1779 In Dec 1778 they had a fight with a British frigate which escaped
About April 1779 at New London he proportion embarked on board the Privateer Randolph a Sloop of 18 guns Capt Forde which cruized off the American Coast for about 3 months then returned New London having captured off N.Y. a Brig Schooner & a Sloop which were sent into New London Brig loading with clothing (off N.Y.) & Sugar - Schooner with Molasses & Sloop with Liquors & Sugar - Went home in Aug 1779 During the remainder of the war he sailed on board Merchant Vessels From Norwich moved after the war to Old Housatonic then returned to Norwich then to Plainfield, to Windham, then back to Plainfield & to Norwich & then Ithaca 16 years ago (about 1816 or 17)

Daniel Edwards
In his declaration for a pension, dated in January 1833, he stated that he was residing in Ithaca, Tompkins County, N.Y. where he had been living for the last 16 years - He was born in Norwich New London County, Conn. June 1. 1766, and after the Revolutionary war, he removed from Norwich to Old Hosack, R. I., from thence he returned to Norwich; afterward he removed to Plainfield & to Windham, both in Windham County Conn., from thence back to Plainfield & Norwich, & finally settled in Ithaca, Tompkins Co N.Y. -
In May 1776; as a cabin boy, he went on board of a merchant Schooner named Betsey, Capt Wattles which sailed from New London Conn n on a trading voyage to Gaudaloupe in the West Indies & on their return were captured by the British man of war Renown, carried to Bermuda, where he was confined in a prison ship for nine months, then in March 1777 he was sent to Newport - R. I. & arrived at his father's house in Norwich in the latter part of that month -
About April 1. 1777, Capt Wattles having recommended him to Capt Parker, Commander of the ship Oliver Cromwell of 24 guns, lying in New London, he with the consent of his father, enlisted on board the Oliver Cromwell, for eight months, which sailed on a cruise to the West Indies - The Lieutenant's name was Prince & the prize master, Nathaniel Stanton - In the following June the Oliver Cromwell had a engagement engagement with a British frigate that after one engagement action hauled off & the Oliver Cromwell went into the port of St Kitts for repairs - There were several killed & wounded, among the latter was Edwards who had received a musket ball in the knee fracturing the knee pan that caused a lameness thereafter - In about two weeks, Capt Parker continued his cruise in the West Indies, then returned to St Kitts when the term for which Edwards had enlisted, having